City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City is in the UK’s top twenty (Guardian University Guide) and the world’s top four per cent (Times Higher Education World University Rankings). City attracts around 19,500 students (35% postgraduate), is well above the sector average for graduate employability in most subjects, and is eleventh in the UK for starting salaries and second in London for student satisfaction. City joined the University of London in 2016.

In the last REF, City doubled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

The Department of Sociology is a leading centre for research and education. The REF confirmed the high quality of its research and the Department rose in the GPA rankings to equal-16th in the UK. 74% of its submitted research was graded as world-leading or internationally excellent, increasing from 45% in the 2008 RAE.

The Department is seeking to appoint outstanding academics to a Lectureship in Media & Communications and Lectureship or Senior Lectureship in Criminology to further enhance research and education in these areas.

The appointed individuals will demonstrate established (Senior Lectureship) or emerging (Lectureship) strengths in research and publication and the ability to educate and supervise at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The successful candidates will play a key role in developing a growing and dynamic research-driven Department.

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

The roles are available from Autumn 2017.

Closing date: 30th May 2017

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